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Kintsukuroi – Friday Fictioneers

Good Wed… oh dear… it’s past midnight! So, good Thursday, my friends. Today’s Friday Fictioneers had me stumped somewhat. Well, I knew where I wanted to go but the words eluded me. Nothing like taking a step back and letting it swirl around, hoping to make it somewhat coherent…

Thank you, always, to Rochelle for keeping us wanting to come back week after week. And this week, thank you to Sandra Crook for this wonderful photo.

Do join in by clicking on the blue frog below and adding your own interpretation. It’s fun!

Super story, Dale, with some memorable sentences. And what an opening! “He stood there, stunned, chunks of his heart strewn about like shells tossed back from the ocean.” Lovely structure too. Wonderful uplifting message of love and redemption. And the glorious image of that love being the gold of kintsukuroi. Fabulous story, absolutely gorgeous.

And as an added bonus if he stays with her, his vocabulary will get get better.
And on a more serious note I think it is a wonderful philosophy, the flaws and cracks make us what we are. There is more value in mending what’s broken than just replacing it.

What a beautiful thing, to use the imagery of fixing something broken, of taking a broken person and fixing them so the two entities become one and both more lovely because of the fixing. Wow! You outdid yourself there my dear. Gorgeous

Your story is wonderfully written, Dale, the meaning and the prose. I felt deeply your character’s pain and then their comfort. The idea that we are all broken, held together by love is beautiful. I sincerely enjoyed learning something new too. Thanks for that! 🙂

I’m glad you took the time to Google it! I had remembered reading about it, then couldn’t remember the word, so I looked for Japanese repair of broken pottery with gold!
Now… I think it is pretty much a part of my vocabulary 😉

Ever since I found out about that Japanese concept of fixing broken pottery with gold, to create a beautiful object, I’ve kept it as a reminder to myself that I’m healing through my experiences too. And I loved how you spun this gold thread into your story. Beautiful.